I hope break in is true


This is the first time I ever bought a brand new out of the box Preamp. No, wait. Second but, the other doesn't count.
I had made previous posts about my decision to downsize.
I have, everything is kinda good. You know, Okay.
I bought a pre here. great seller, great store. Couldn't have been smoother.
I am just not used to this type of stuff. I wanted something with a phono included. I kept it well under a $1000.00
Now, I got to ask you guys. Will this thing get better???/
I have not had to worry about break in before. Does it really exist?
It is a very well built unit. Remote, I'm not used to that! That's nice. Has everything I need. Except it isn't alive. The music is there, presented very nicely. Clean, no extra stuff. Just doesn't have any dimension.
Please tell me this is going to get better:)
scottht
I must echo Sean's warnings about audiophile break-in and (especially!) test CDs. At high volumn they can do damage and I blew out a set of new super tweeters when running such a CD at high volumn. Only then did I read the instructions "do not use high volumn..."
Mdhoover: I agree with Sean and Unclejeff. A disk like this will benefit without the amp on, or with the amp on at any reasonable volume. I would recommend amp on at a normal listening level.
So far, you have a choice of Ayre or Granite Audio. I suggest you look at their web sites where I'm sure you can order one.
Zargon,
The Ayre site tells of the product but provides no mechanism for direct order. I've yet to check the Granite Audio site, because I'm tentatively more interested in the Ayre disc.
-Bill